An interesting article in the New York Times by James Gorman about research into disgust.
I had never contemplated disgust as a psychological reaction that has cultural and perhaps evolutionary underpinnings. And as I think about it, it’s amazing how greatly it effects our lives.
I am often inspired to write a picture book (or a short story, or a comic book) because I am suddenly inspired to see an issue from a new, unexpected point of view. That’s always an exciting experience. And thinking about the human emotion/reaction of digest and how it effects human behavior at a very profound level is fascinating.
As the article points out, disgust plays a big part in our life. Who we like, who we love, who are friends are, what things we stay away from and what we eat are often guided by what we find disgusting or not. It can even become the basis for some moral and ethical attitudes.
I can only imagine how disgusting a snail finds a human being! “Human’s are so dry and loud and they move so fast.” “And they never look where they are stepping!”
You never disgust me!!!! I am feeling blah-coming-down-with-a-coldish, so I am sitting in front of the computer scrolling through bookmarks to see what the heck they are and why I bookmarked them. Whether this will kill me or cure me has yet to be determined. Anyhow, I discovered you in my artist folder. Hope you are well; looks and sounds as though you are judging by these blog posts and your flicker illustrations. What a lot of great work you’ve created. We are both more or less retired and spending huge amounts of time protesting our mad governor and working on the recall. On, Wisconsin (and Minnesota). LB and Mark
Well thanks for stopping by the old blog! Glad to hear all is well. Yes, you have a bit of mess up there with that Gov. don’t you? I hope to visit back there one of these years…but the years keep speeding by!